News and Events for Nantucket Island
~ by Robert P. Barsanti ~ The wind builds. I stand at the door, over a mug of Pumpkin Spice coffee and the birches are clattering together, the clouds tumble overhead, and an uncomfortable and expensive whistle rises from the sliding doors on the porch. My Boon Companion stands on […]
~ by Carl Oscar Olson ~ Everyone recognizes the holiday season as a time of giving. Families and friends come together to exchange gifts, good food, and fond memories. All too often, though, it seems that the act of giving comes with an expectation of reciprocation. Fortunately for the residents […]
~ by Richard Trust ~ An old saying that applies to many professions can be lightly tied to those who are captains of ferry boats sailing between Hyannis and Nantucket. “There’s an old-timer who once said, ‘The job is hours and hours of boredom intermingled with moments of sheer terror,’ […]
~ by Dr. Sarah D. Oktay, Director, University of Massachusetts Nantucket Field Station ~ This article will be my last one for Yesterday’s Island. My husband, Len Germinara, and I are moving off island this winter because I am joining the Executive team at the Rocky Mountain Biological Lab in […]
by Amy Jenness On November 24, 1927, Anthony Frederick Sarg, self-described as “America’s Puppet Master, ” debuted his giant, inflatable float of Felix The Cat during the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade in New York City and began a holiday tradition that continues today. A German-American, born in Guatamala to a […]
The Nantucket Historical Association (NHA), in collaboration with the Dreamland Theater and Nantucket Island Chamber of Commerce, is thrilled to announce that a free, one-time advanced community screening of Academy Award- winning director Ron Howard’s film In the Heart of the Sea, an adaptation of Nantucket author Nathaniel Philbrick’s best-selling […]
